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I would like to add my two cents to this debate.

First of all, the Jews were the originators of the question why in terms of science. The Greeks were content to explain everything due to the actions of their gods, but the Jews were some of the forerunners of science and medicine.

I'm speaking from a Christian perspective, but more than a few religions call for their followers to be intelligent. We're not forced to follow the religion (except in extreme cases from history), which is why we must choose to follow it intelligently. There is evidence for Intelligent Design, despite your disregard of it. There is certainly some that can be argued against, but the same goes for science.

I would also argue that science calls for a certain amount of faith. Take most of quantum physics, for instance. We keep looking for the answer, but most of it simply cannot be explained. Forgive me if this is wrong, but I recall learning from a evolutionist teacher that the Big Bang started from specks reacting. When asked where those specks came from, she merely stated that they didn't know yet. But they had to have had come from somewhere and have a First Cause, so to speak.

Continuing the evolution bent (this is largely a veiled evolution vs. creationism debate with a bit on the side :P), there can be no denying that microevolution is a fact. This can be seen in many places, including the finches from the Galapagos Islands. However, expanding this to include evolution from sea creatures, I would argue, is a leap of faith that there is little to no evidence to support. It is a scientific proof that everything moves to chaos. You can see this through history as well as the simple law of entropy. Since this is true, how can we believe that a few cells became the amazingly complex and beautiful beings we are today? I believe that science and religion aren't as opposite as one would believe; instead, science only helps me to see the beauty of God's creation even more clearly.

I can't deny that many people have committed heinous crimes in the name of religion, but many people have committed heinous crimes in the name of no religion at all. This is an interesting debate so far! Thanks for keeping the responses intelligent and respectful!